Fan-tray.



FMI TRAY.

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VNrrnn TATES JULIAN H. RIVERS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FAN-TRAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,712, dated May. 1,1900.

Application lcd January 22, 1900. Serial No. 2,390. (No model.l

T0 all whom, t muy concern:

Be it known that I, JULIAN H. RIVERS, of the city of St. Louis, State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFan-Trays, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

This invention relates to fan-trays; and it consists of the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown,described, and claimed.

The object of this invention is to construct a device by means of whichfans retained in an open position by any suitable means may betransported from place to place in their distended shape without dangerof becoming damaged from any cause whatever.

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of myimproved fan-tray, showing themeans by which Y the fans are retained in position. Fig. 2 is asectional view showing the lid in position and the means made use of inretaining it there. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the locking deviceemployed in carrying out my invention. Fig. 4 shows the means by whichthe standards or uprights are retained in the desired adjustment.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a bottom rectangular in shape, to theopposite sides of which are rigidly secured the vertical side strips 2,further secured in their upright position by suitable braces 3. Iprovide doors 4, pivotally secured to the bottom 1 by hinges 5, whichdoors are on opposite sides of the bottom and are provided with notches6 on their ends, into which the ends of the strips 2 t when the doorsare closed, as shown in Fig. 1. I also provide corner-brackets 7,secured to the ends of the doors 4, which are for the purpose ofinclosing the ends of the strips 2 and giving additional strength tothem.

At suitable distances from the sides of the tray constructed asdescribed above I provide uprights or standards 8, a pair of Which aremade use of at each side of the tray. The standards are removablyprojected into a seat comprising the hollow screws 9, threaded intoapertures in the bottom 1 ofthe tray. Near vconnecting them, are of alength slightly vgreater than the top or lid 11 and when thrown to theirlimit project into clips or locks 15,

secured to the doors 4. Since the short lever l 13 is rigidly carried bythe knob 12, when the said knob is turned the rods 14 Will be drawn outof the locks 15 and the lid or cover can.

be lifted up and removed from the box. The said rods 14 operate inguide-clips 16, carried by the lid 11.

I provide a means for holding the doors 4 in their upright position,comprising the an= gie-hooks 17, carried by the lid 11, and whichproject down over the outside of the doors and hold them in a verticalposition when the lid is in use.

The fans to be carried by myimproved tray are retained open by anysuitable means, as by a spreader 18, which spreader is then placed, asshown in Fig. 1, back of a pair of standards 8 or 10. The fans areplacedaround the tray, making use of each pair of standards on thesides, then the center standards are used in the same Way, then againthe side standards come .into use as before, and so on.

Instead of using a box of the above description I may use an ordinarytelescope-grip provided with the standard-seats in its bottom and havingthe ordinary lid or cover held in position by straps or anyothersuitable means.

This arrangement may, in fact, be deemed preferable to the one -aboveset forth and would be found quite as convenient. l

This device is very useful where a fan must be transported from oneplace to another and exhibited at all the different places. It retainsthe fans at all times in a position suitable for exhibition, and it ismanifest the injury from wear and tear caused by repeatedly opening andclosing the fan would be obviated.

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The device is simple, useful, and easily understood and no great cost isnecessitated in its construction.

I claim- `1. A fan-tray comprising a bottom, a pair ofstandardsremovably carried on each side of said bottom, doors pivotallysecured to said bottom, a removable lid for said tray, and means forlockiugtlie same in position on the tray, substantially as specified.

2. A fan-tray comprising a bottom, a pair of standards removably carriedon each side of said bottom, a plurality of standards carried near thecenter of said bottom, a pair of doors for said tray, a detachable lidfor said tray, and a means for locking the same in position,substantially as specified.

3. A fan-tray comprising a bottom, a pair of standard-seats carried bysaid bottom near each side thereof, corresponding standardseats carriedin the center of said bottom, and standards removably Carried by saidstandard-seats, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JULIAN Il. RIVERS.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EIoKs, J. D. RIPPEY.

